One quarterback the New Orleans Saints have been consistently linked to ahead of the 2025 NFL draft? Jaxson Dart, the Ole Miss standout whose stock has continued to rise throughout the pre-draft process. He's now seen as a Round 2 prospect who could hear his name called in Round 1, given demand for the position, but opinions are split on just how he compares to peers like Shedeur Sanders (Colorado) and Jalen Milroe (Alabama).
What's clear is the Saints are keeping tabs on him. The latest nugget linking Dart to New Orleans comes from Sports Illustrated senior reporter Albert Breer:
"We’d written over the past couple of weeks how the situation between the New Orleans Saints and Derek Carr was worth keeping an eye on—then how the team maxing out his restructure (taking his base salary to the minimum and converting the difference into a signing bonus) probably dashed any chance of a trade.